Typographical machine



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TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Filed Jan. 7, 1951 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 Patented Sept. 5, 1933' PATNT orrica TYPOGRAPHICAL MACHINE Wistar Rodney Padgett and Walter Theodore Brinson, Raleigh, N. C. 1

Application January 7, 1931. Serial No. 507,244

Claims.

5 cast without any attention on the part of the operator. The additional slug thus cast may carry any desired matter, such as a dash, a border design or the like, of which a supply is ordinarily cast by a separate operation of the ma- 6 chine It will thus be evident that the provisions of the present invention effect a considerable saving of time. p

In carrying the invention into effect, means are provided for attachment to the ordinary line- 5 casting machine, the machine being fundamerb,

tally unaltered. The new structure comprises means for dividing the mold slot into a plurality of cells or compartments, and ,a substitute left hand vise jaw having a matrix-bearing portion '20 which is positioned in front of one of the mold cells during the casting operation. A central portion of the ordinary ejector blade is removed so as to provide ejector portions adapted .to eject simultaneously the two slugs, andan auxiliary 5 delivery chute is provided to carry the upper slug to one compartment of the galley, the other slug being delivered by the usual delivery chute to another galley compartment. As a further feature, inorder to overcome any play, in the left hand vise jaw and to assure correct positioning of its matrix-bearing portion in front of the mold, we provide means on the jaw engaged by the justification lever in its upward movement tohold the jaw in its proper position. H

Without further discussion of the general as-, pects ofthe invention, we shall proceed'to describe a specific embodiment thereof with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In the drawings: v Figure 1 is'a perspective view ofa line-casting typographical machine showing generally the auxiliary delivery chute and the galley arrangement. V V

Figure 2 isa section of a portion of the machine substantially on the line 22 of Figure 1. Figure 3 is a section on line 33 of Figure 2. Figure 4 is an elevation of the mold block showing the liner in position therein.

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 4. Figure 6 is an elevation of the modified left hand vise jaw. e.

Figure 7 is a section on line 77 of Figure 6. Figure 8 is an elevation of the left hand vise jaw asseen from the right of Figure 6. 7 Referring first to Figures 4 and 5 of the drawings, reference numeral 10 designates a mold block provided with acap 11, the two parts definingbetween them a mold slot bounded at its ends by filler pieces 12 and 13. g

The liner 14 consists of a central portion of such thickness as to fill the space between elements l0 and 1 1, and thin extensions 15 and 16, whose extremities are clamped between filler pieces'12 and 13 and cap 11. The central portion 14 of the liner divides the mold cavity into two cells and is of a length equal to the length of the head of the left hand vise jaw. If the invention is to be applied to a machine having a thirty-em mold,- each of the cells will ordinarily be twelve or thirteen ems to take care of the news column work.

The left hand vise jaw is generally indicated at 17, Figures 6 to 8,v and comprises a head portion 18 and a shank portion 19. Secured to the shank portion are a pair of strips 20 and 21 whose opposed edges are undercut as is most clearly shown in Figure 7. Reference numeral 22 designates a die or matrix bar having bevelled lateral edges adapted to engage under the 0pposed edges of strips 20 and 21. The matrix bar may be designed to form a slug of any desired character, and is here shownas provided with a die cavity 23 of convention form. Strips. 20 and 21 are secured to the shank portion by means of screws 20a and 21a which pass through enlarged openings in the strips, as indicated in Figure. '7, so that the strips may be adjusted transversely of the shank portion to correctly position the matrix bar. The heads of screws 20a and 21aare seated in countersinks so as to be below the faces of the, strips.

" In assembling the parts, the matrix bar is slid into the. groove through the open end of the latter and into abutment with the head portion 18, the face of the shank portion being sufiiciently offset from that of the head portion so that the latter, strips 20 and 21, and the matrix bar, present a uniplanar surface. In order to hold the matrix bar in proper position, a filler bar 24 is slid in the open end of the groove andheld by means of a screw 25' having a mutilated head which, upon proper adjustment, is adapted to permit the removal of the two'bars.

The left hand vise jaw is further provided with avertical bore in which is inserted a pin 26 provided at its lower end with a head 2'7 and surrounded beneath the jaw by a compression spring .28. A cotter pin 29 passed through an aperture in the upper end of the pin 26 limits the downward movement of the latter through the left hand mold cell while, the line of matrices 4 abutment with the upper surface of the vise jaw. The vise jaw is mounted on the machine in the usual manner and adjusted so that head portion 18, in the casting-position of the mold, lies directly in front of liner portion 14. As has been stated above, the liner portion 14 has a length equal to the length of the head, that is to say, equal to the distance between theworking face of the vise jaw and the adjacent end of the matrix bar 22. When the machine is in casting position the matrix bar lies directly in front of engaged between the two vise jaws liesdirectly in front of the right hand moldcell.

Ordinarily, the left hand vise jawhasa slight amount of play which, unless especiallyprovided for, would cause mispositioning of the matrix bar 22 relative to the mold cell.

vided in position to be engaged by the justification lever, indicated at 29, Figure 6, so that spring-28, being compressed, will exert a steady-- ing. effect on the vise jaw.-' The right hand jawis unaltered and consequently has not been illustrated. It will be understood that thetwo jaws cooperate in the usual manner to support a series of matrices in front of the mold.

I Whenthe mold wheel is moved to bring the mold slotto ejecting position the-slug in the right hand cell will be ejected and delivered to the galleythrough the customary delivery chute 30, see particularly Figure 3. 1 Since it is necessary that the two simultaneously formed slugs be kept separate, we provide an auxiliary or upper delivery chute 31. 'In order that the slugs may be separately assembled in the galley, the latteris divided into two compartments 32 and 33 by means of a longitudinal rib 34, the stacking lever 35 being recesses as at 36 to accommodate the end of the rib; Chute 30 delivers to compartment 32 while partment 33.

Chute 31, Figures 1, 2 and'3, comprises a pair chute 31 delivers to comof side walls 3'7 and 38'lying in substantially vertical planes and joined by a bottom wall 39;*the bottom wall being curved as shown in Figure 3 so-as to extend from a point above the entrance ofchute 30-to' a lower point immediately above rib 34. I 7

At its upper end wall 38 is recessed to receive the lower end of anupright plate 40 which lies in the plane of the side wall and is secured thereto by means of an overlying plate 41 and screws 41a,

. 41b, 41c, and 41d. A flange member 42fhas an angular portion43' similar in form to plate 40 and similarly set In the upper end of side wall 37 and Flange member 42 is also provided with a laterally extending and rearwardly ofiset portion 48 lying in a plane at right angles togthe planes-oi the chute side walls and provided withan aperture in which is adapted to, bereceived a. set screw 49 forming a part of the usual machine. The flange member 42 thus serves as. attaching means For this rea son, the spring-influenced pin 26 has been profor the chute and further, its described angular portion 43 and upper portion, together with plate 41 and the upper end of bottom wall 39, define an elongated verticallyextending slot at the entrance to the chute. Secured to the top margin of the slot by means of a bolt and nut and projecting downwardly therein is a spring guide finger 50. A further guide member is provided in a shield plate 51 which is yieldingly mounted, by means of arms 52 and 53, to extend along the edge of plate 40.

---'At the upper extremity of bottom wall 39 is mounted a bracket 54 terminating in an elongated horizontally extending finger 55 projecting within the delivery slot of the machine and between .the knife blocks 56 and 57, the finger being positioned substantially midway between the upper and lower limits of the delivery slot so as to be oppositeportion 14 of the liner when the mold is in ejecting position. The extremity of finger 55 is kerfed as at 58 and the bifurcations spread as shown in Figure 2 to bear against the knife blocks, thus steadying the finger and chute. As shown in Figure 3, a central portion of the ejector blade is removed to provide upper and lower ejector elements 59 and 60, finger 55 lying between their paths of reciprocation.

At its base, finger 55 has secured thereto a guide spring 61 whose other end slidably engages the trough bottom, the spring providing a yieldable and substantially frictionless track for the upper slug. A spring guide finger 62 is secured at the upper end of the chute bottom 39 for' cooperation with the slug passed to the lower chute.

Chute wall 38 is provided adjacent its lowe'r end with an aperture 63 through which projects the free end of an elongated spring finger 64 secured at its other end to the side wall adjacent the upper end thereof. The end of the spring finger projecting within the chute is adapted to yieldingly engage a slug travelling down the chute and 'suitably'arrestits movement. To prevent any possibility "of a slug jumping out of the chute, a U- shaped clip 65 is provided for engagement with the side walls at the lower end of the trough, the clip having an angular lip 66 adapted to engage in recess 63 to position the clip on the chute. The side walls of the clip-are punched as at 66' to provide inwardly projecting points adapted to engage the upper edges of the side walls to limit downward adjustment of the clip relative thereto. The clip-is provided with an'abutment portion 67 positioned above the chute and extending transversely thereof. Finally, as'a means for cooperating with screws 47 and 49 to position the chute, plate 40 is provided at its lower end with an angularly bent'tongue 68, Figure 1, adapted to abut a flange portion 69 of the machine.

In order that the lower end of chute 31 may be properly positioned to deliver over rib 34, the chute maybe tilted somewhat relative to plates 41 and 43'about screw 41a and the opposite screw which connects plates 43 and 44. These two screws are loosened, as are also screws 41b and 43b (thislatter screw connecting plates 43'and 44 opposite screws'41b, Fig. 2). Screw 4lbpasses through an enlarged aperture 40:1 in plate 40, Figure 3, and screw 43b passes through a similarly enlarged aperture in plate 43, swinging of the chute being thus permitted. After adjustment, the screws are again tightened. Suflicient clearance is left between the upper ends of the chute side walls and plates 40 and 43 to allow an adequate range of adjustment for the chute. It will benoted-from Figure 3 that finger 55 isoutward- 1y tapered so that upon adjustment with chute 31 its end cannot possibly come into the paths of the ejector elements 59 and 60.

From the above description it will be clear that upon casting the slugs and bringing them to ejecting position, the ejector blades will force the lower slug beneath finger 55 and into delivery chute 30, guide 62 serving to properly direct the slug, while the upper slug will be forced along the top of finger 55 and property guided by shield 51 and spring finger 50 into the mouth of the upper chute down which it passes to be stacked in compartment 33 of the galley.

While we have necessarily described a specific embodiment of the invention, and although that described is now considered by us to be better preferred embodiment, it will be understood that many changes may be made in details of construction without departing from the scope of the invention. Accordingly, we do not limit ourselves as to structure except as in the following claims.

We claim:

1. In a line-casting typographical machine, a mold having a slot adapted to assume a substan tially vertical ejecting position, means dividing said slot into a plurality of cells which are in superposed relation when the mold is in ejecting position, means defining a fixed vertical slot with which the mold slot registers when in ejecting position, spaced superposed ejector elements adapted to enter said cells and fixed slot, upper and-lower delivery. chutes positioned to receive slugs ejected from the mold cells, readily detachable means for securing the upper delivery chute to the machine, a substantially horizontal guide member carried by the upper delivery chute and positioned in said fixed slot between the paths of said ejector elements to guide to the upper delivery chute the slug ejected by the top ejector element, and a galley having separate compartments to receive the slugs delivered by the chutes.

2. For attachment to a line-casting typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes and joined by a bottom wall, a laterally projecting attaching flange secured to said chute, said flange having a portion substantially perpendicular to the planes of said side walls, and a guide finger projecting outwardly of the chute at the entrance of the latter and substantially perpendicularly to said flange portion.

3. For attachment to a line-casting typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes and joined by a bottom wall, and means defining an elongated slot at the entrance to said chute, said means including a portion for attachment to the machine to operatively position the chute thereon with the slot extending vertically. I

4. For attachment to a line-casting typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes and joined by a bottom wall, means defining an elongated slot at the entrance to said chute, said means including a portion for attachment to the machine to operatively position the chute thereon with the slot extending vertically, and a guide spring having a free end depending in said slot.

5. For attachment to a line-casting typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes and joined by a bottom wall, means defining an elongated slot at the entrance to said chute, said means including a portion for attachment to the machine to operatively position the chute thereon with the slot extending vertically, and a guide spring depending below the bottom of the chute adjacent the chute entrance.

6. For attachment to a line-casting typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes and joined by a bottom wall, means defining an elongated slot at the entrance to said chute, said means including a portion for attachment to the machine to operatively position the chute thereon with the slot extending vertically, and a yieldable guide plate extending along one of the vertical edges of the slot.

7. For attachment to a line-casting typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes, and an inverted U-shaped clip adapted to be engaged with the side walls adjacent the delivery end of the chute to present an abutment portion above and extending transversely of the side wall.

8. A delivery chute for a line-casting typographical machine, said chute comprising an upper portion adapted to be secured to the machine in register with the delivery slot thereof, and a lower portion adjustably secured to said upper portion.

9. For attachment to a typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes and joined by'a bottom Wall, means at one end of said chute for securing the chute to the machine in operative position, and a finger projecting outwardly of the chute at said one end for guiding slugs into the chute.

10. For attachment to a typographical machine, an auxiliary delivery chute comprising side walls lying substantially in parallel vertical planes and joined by a bottom wall, means at one end of said chute for securing the chute to the machine in operative position, and a finger projecting outwardly of the chute at said one end for guiding slugs into the chute, the free extremity of the finger being slotted to form upper and lower portions which are bent in opposite direction.

WISTAR RODNEY PADGETT. WALTER THEODORE BRINSON. 

